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Woody No. 4 Kaolin Mine

Past Producer in Swain county in North Carolina, United States with commodity Kaolin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026035
MRDS ID K002490
Record type Site
Current site name Woody No. 4 Kaolin Mine
Related records 10127023

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.45045, 35.45704 (WGS84)
Relative position 2,700 FEET NW OF RANDALL CEMETERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Swain(county)

North Carolina(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bryson City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fontana Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tuckasegee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Tennessee(hydrologic subregion)

Tennessee(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States North Carolina Swain

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Partial Alteration Of Plagioclase To Kaolinite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Granite Gneiss;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Border Gneiss; Microcline Porphyroblasts In A Medium-To Coarse-Grained Matrix Of Biotite, Quartz, & Feldspar
    Rock description Granite Gneiss;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Border Gneiss; Microcline Porphyroblasts In A Medium-To Coarse-Grained Matrix Of Biotite, Quartz, & Feldspar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.45045, 35.45704
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Principal Zone Of Pegmatites Trends Northeast; Most Pegmatites Strike Northeast, But A Few Strike Northwest.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR OR FLAT-LENTICULAR
    Strike N 3 TO 12 E
    Dip 50 TO 55 N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Dilation Zones (Cameron, 1951

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PEGMATITE IS SITUATED NEAR THE CONTACT OF METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS WITH BORDER GNEISS. PLAGIOCLASE HAS BEEN KAOLINIZED. QUARTZ OCCUPIES THE CORE AND FORMS A PROMINENT LEDGE, EXPOSED FOR 50 FEET ALONG STRIKE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1900
Production years EARLY 1900'S

Mining district

District name Bryson City Feldspar District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Harris Clay Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • PRINCIPAL OPENING IS 150 FEET LONG, 100 FEET WIDE, AND 55 FEET MAXIMUM DEPTH. A SMALLER CUT IS CONNECTED TO THE LARGER BY A SHALLOW EXCAVATION. STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIPS OF PEGMATITE TO WALLROCKS ARE OBSCURED BY SLUMPING.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THE PEGMATITE APPEARS TO BE TOO SMALL TO FURNISH APPRECIABLE AMOUNTS OF FELDSPAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAMERON, E.N., 1951, FELDSPAR DEPOSITS OF THE BRYSON CITY DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 62, 100 P

  • Deposit

    1951 OTHER CAMERON, E.N., N.C. BULL. 6

  • Production

    CAMERON, E.N., 1951, N.C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Hale, Robin C. U.S. Geological Survey

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